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woensdag 9 januari 2013

Seth Rogen is taking a slight diversion from "The Guilt Trip" in order to make some romance with Mindy Kaling.

"Knocked Up" and "Pineapple Express" star Rogen, who's currently starring with Barbara Streisand in the road comedy "The Guilt Trip," will drop in on Kaling's Fox comedy "The Mindy Project" for a Feb. 19 guest spot, the network said Tuesday.

In the episode, Rogen will play Sam, who gave Kaling's character her first kiss at a summer camp for Jewish kids. The two reunite and reminisce about the experience before deciding to rekindle their romance. (We're going to go out on a limb and assume that they're unable to recapture the magic for one reason or another.)

Though Rogen has primarily been focused on film work since his days in "Freaks and Geeks" and "Undeclared," he did guest on the HBO baseball comedy "Eastbound & Down" last year, playing a pitcher.

Kaling appeared alongside Rogen in the 2005 big-screen comedy "The 40 Year Old Virgin."

Casting Rogen, known for such male-centric fare as "Pineapple Express" and "The Green Hornet," could be part of the network's effort to draw more of a male audience to the show. During the Television Critics Association winter tour on Tuesday, Fox chairman of entertainment Kevin Reilly expressed his frustration in drawing viewers to the network's Tuesday night comedy block, which includes "The Mindy Project," noting that he hopes more men can be drawn to the shows in the future.

Fox will launch Animation Domination High-Def, a late-night offshoot of its Sunday night Animation Domination comedy block, on July 27, the network said.

The block, which will feature the voice talents of Mandy Moore, Ken Marino, Patton Oswalt and others, will run from 11 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. on Saturday nights.

The first season of Animation Domination High-Def will include several 15-minute animated programs, including "Axe Cop," "High School USA" and an as-yet-untitled project from sibling comedy duo Kenny and Keith Lucas, aka The Lucas Brothers.

During a panel on the new animation block on Tuesday, Animation Domination High-Def head Nick Weidenfeld, formerly the head of development for the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim, said that the block will provide a forum for "experimental and more interesting forms of animation." He also noted that it's possible that some of the projects could end up transitioning to the network's primetime Animation Domination block.

However, he added, "the stuff that we're making is not the exact same fare as a Sunday night broad comedy show... those shows need to be huge hits."

Featuring a cast that includes Oswalt, "Breaking Bad" alum Giancarlo Esposito and Jonathan Banks, and "Community" creator Dan Harmon, "Axe Cop" is the brainchild of five-year-old Malachai Nicolle and his 30-year-old brother, Ethan Nicolle. The series will follow a superhero who lives on a steady diet of birthday cake and dispenses his own unique brand of vigilante justice. Weidenfeld and "American Dad" vet Judah Miller developed the series, with Matt Silverstein and Dave Jeser of "Drawn Together" serving as executive producers and showrunners.

Meanwhile, "High School USA" revolves around a group of super-positive millennial students as they tackle modern perils such as cyber-bullying, Adderall addiction and embarrassing sexting incidents. "Community" and "TV Funhouse" veteran Dino Stamatopoulos created and is writing the show, which boasts a cast including Vincent Kartheiser of "Mad Men" and "Mandy Moore."

The untitled Lucas Brothers project, which is based on the siblings' stand-up comedy routine, follows the pair as they attempt to run a moving company, dubbed Va¢ation Boy$, after inheriting an old van from their uncle.

If you're like most Americans, you don't watch "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" -- but you do see lots of headlines about its ratings, shake your head, and mutter something about the apocalypse.

So prepare to do that again, because the show has beaten its previous ratings record. But take heart, because the apocalypse isn't coming. The "Boo Boo" numbers are good, but they aren't as good as the show's barrage of hype might lead non-viewers to believe.

"Here Comes Honey Boo Boo: A Very Boo Halloween" earned 3.1 million viewer Sunday. Those are great numbers for a cable show. But not that great.

Even as "Boo Boo" hit a ratings high, it wasn't even the top-rated show on ad-supported cable Sunday. That would be "The Real Housewives of Atlanta," which had its highest-rated episode of the season with 3.7 million.

There's a legitimate debate to be had about whether "Boo Boo" or "Housewives" is the more reprehensible show. One follows silly adults' trumped-up conflicts, while the other makes fun of a small child.

Both shows, by the way, were handily beaten by PBS' "Downton Abbey," which had 7.9 million viewers. That's right: Far more people tuned into a critically beloved public television show about England in the early 20th century than watched either basic-cable reality show.

Remember "Jersey Shore," the last show that was supposed to mark the end of Western Civilization? In its final season, it averaged 3 million viewers. And that was well after the height of its popularity. Overall, it averaged 5.5 million.

We survived that, and we'll survive this.

One more heartening number: 308 million Americans did not tune into "Boo Boo" on Sunday.

Tina Malone has described Splash! as "garbage" television, despite being a contestant on it.

The Shameless actress is one of several celebrities taking part in the ITV reality series, which sees stars attempting high dives each week under Tom Daley's mentorship.

Malone admitted that she signed up for the show - along with several other reality shows in the past - for the "big fat cheque" that went with it.

"Diving off a three-metre board into an 18ft pool is absolutely horrendous," she told Liverpool radio station Juice FM.

"I'm 50 years of age in two weeks. I haven't seen my final swimming costume yet – but I hope it's going to be a tent. But on a serious note I'm an actor, not a celebrity. It's the big fat cheques that make me happy.

"That's why I've done Celebrity Come Dine With Me, Celebrity Four Weddings – which I won – and Celebrity Big Brother, which I knew I'd only be in for 15 days. But, unfortunately, you have to do this garbage."

> Splash!: TV belly flop or guilty Saturday night pleasure?

Malone also pleaded with viewers not to vote for her in Splash!, saying she still gets her cheque if she only does one dive.

She said: "Don't keep me in Splash!. I still get the same money if I do one heat or three heats, so don't vote for Tina Malone. Thank you!"

Sugababes singer Jade Ewen, comedians Dom Joly and Omid Djalili and model Caprice are among the stars taking part in the show.

Hey, even the Leader of the Free World needs to kick back and have a laugh once in a while.

President Barack Obama will host a screening of NBC's new presidential comedy "1600 Penn" on Wednesday, the network said Tuesday.

The show's cast and crew will also be on hand for the late-afternoon screening, and will receive a tour of the White House. The National Press Club will also host a screening and panel for the sitcom on Wednesday.

The comedy, which premieres Thursday, stars Bill Pullman as the president and Jenna Elfman as the first lady. "1600 Penn," which was co-created by and co-stars "Book of Mormon" veteran Josh Gad, imagines a dysfunctional first family residing in the White House.

Aside from the subject matter of the series, "1600 Penn" boasts an additional tie to the White House -- series co-creator Jon Lovett, who also executive-produces the series, is a former member of Obama's speech-writing team.

Obama also hosted a screening of the Steven Spielberg biopic "Lincoln" last year.

Dermot O'Leary has revealed that he wants to bring back This Is Your Life.

The X Factor host told Digital Spy that he thinks "there's room... in the schedules" for the classic biographical programme, providing that the celebrities honoured with its famous red books don't "scrape the bottom of the barrel".

"Maybe [I'll bring back] This Is Your Life, I'd quite like to do that," he said. "I think there's room for This Is Your Life.

"I think there's room for it in the schedules, but you have to be over about 45 I think is the qualification.

"You wouldn't want to scrape the bottom of the barrel with the guests, you've got to have proper legends doing it. And you'd have to reinvent it as well."

O'Leary also revealed that he dreams of landing his own chatshow.

"I'd like one eventually, but I think there's quite a few around at the moment so there's no room for another one," he said.

This Is Your Life was hosted by Eamonn Andrews from 1955 until his death in 1987. Michael Aspel took over presenting duties until the show was axed in 2003.

A one-off special fronted by Trevor McDonald aired in 2007.

O'Leary was speaking to Digital Spy in his capacity as host of the National Television Awards. The ceremony will air live on January 23 on ITV. Fans can vote for their favourite shows now on the NTAs website.

The filming of TV dramas and reality shows in Los Angeles plummeted in 2012, according to figures released Tuesday by FilmL.A., the non-profit agency that coordinates location shoots in the region.

TV drama shoots were off by 20 percent from 2011, while the filming of reality shows dropped by 11.8 percent. Those numbers overshadowed the report's good news on overall location shooting, movie production and commercial filming, all of which were up from the previous year.

The TV drama number is critical to the overall health of local filming, because those shows -- mainly hour-long, high-end and multiple episodes -- employ more people and bring more economic benefits than other types of productions. A typical 22-episode-a-year network series has a budget of $60 million and generates 840 direct and indirect jobs, according to the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp.

The numbers confirm what many had feared since a midyear FilmL.A. report indicated that L.A. was losing its grip on this critical production sector.

Of 23 TV drama pilots launched last year, just two were based in L.A., with the rest being shot in Canada, and other U.S. states including New York and North Carolina.

The TV drama figures clouded the otherwise positive report. Paced by upticks in feature film and commercial shoots, overall on-location production in 2012 rose 4.7 percent from the previous year, to its highest level since 2008.

FilmLA measures filming activity by permitted production days. Last year there were 46,254, compared to 45,484 in the previous year.

Overall TV production was dragged down by the drama and reality losses, falling 3.4 percent for the year (16,762 PPD in 2012 vs.17,349 in 2011). It would have been worse, but for a surge in sitcom production that powered an 11.9 percent fourth quarter increase.

L.A. still dominates in terms of sitcom production, but those are mainly half-hour shows shot primarily on soundstages. Comedy pilots employ fewer people and cost about $2 million to produce, compared to $5.5 million for drama pilots, the agency said.

“We know that part of the decline in our TV drama figures stems from producers’ desire to cut costs by filming more on studio back-lots and soundstages,” said FilmLA president Paul Audley. “Unfortunately, last year we also saw a record number of new TV drama series shot out of state, resulting in negative economic consequences.”

On-location movie production increased 3.7 percent for the year (5,892 PPD in 2012 vs. 5,682 PPD in 2011). This was the category’s best year since 2008, the year before feature production declined precipitously and state lawmakers enacted the California Film & Television Tax Credit Program.

The Warner Bros.' movie "Gangster Squad," which qualified for the state tax credit, provided a bright spot for the program. The film, which opens Friday, was shot entirely in the city of Los Angeles and prominently features a number of local landmarks including City Hall and Union Station.

It reversed a trend that had seen L.A.-set period films "Hollywoodland" and "Black Dahlia" go elsewhere to film. Those 2006 movies shot some exteriors in Los Angeles, but "Hollywoodland" was produced mainly in Toronto and "The Black Dahlia" was filmed in Bulgaria.

In all, projects that qualified for the state tax credit accounted for 5.9 percent of the total movie shoots last year. Among the films that were shot utilizing the program were "10 Things I Hate About Life," "Baggage Claim," "The Bling Ring," "Dark Skies," "The Hive," "Jesus in Cowboy Boots," "Look of Love," and "Plush."

Other projects driving a significant amount of location filming in the L.A..area in 2012 included "Bad Words" and "Star Trek Into Darkness" from director J.J. Abrams.

“Last year saw our industry rocked by dramatic changes in the local production landscape,” Audley said. “If we seek a more secure future for filming in Los Angeles, we must continue to innovate and expand upon the programs proven to attract new projects to California.”

Lawmakers last year voted to extend the program, which has been over-subscribed and provides lesser breaks than several competing states, through the 2016-17 fiscal year. New York in particular has become a major lure for producers, having added post-production tax credits last year, on top of filming incentives.

The tax credit plan isn’t much help when it comes to keeping network TV dramas in California. When the program was launched in 2009, the focus was on retaining basic cable TV shows, which were exiting for other states, and network shows aren't eligible for the breaks.

Commercials production was another bright spot. Commercial shoots increased 14.1 percent for the year (8,078 PPD in 2012 vs. 7,079 in 2011), driven in part by a surge in the number of locally produced Internet commercial projects. Their production accounted for 7.9 percent of the commercials total, well up from the 1.7 percent web-based commercials generated when FilmL.A. first began tracking them in 2008.

Roughly 585,850 jobs directly or indirectly tied to the entertainment industry brought in $43.3 billion in labor income in 2011, according to the most recent figures from the Los Angeles County Economic Development Commission. That's equivalent to 17.6 percent of L.A. County's 3.3 million jobs. The industry generated $5.6 billion in state and local taxes that year.

Disgraced bicycling legend Lance Armstrong, who was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and lost a number of endorsements amid allegations that he had used performance-enhancing drugs during his career, will discusses the scandal with Oprah Winfrey in an interview that will air on the Jan. 17 edition of "Oprah's Next Chapter," Winfrey's network OWN said Tuesday.

During the 90-minute episode, Armstrong will talk about "the alleged doping scandal, years of accusations of cheating, and charges of lying about the use of performance-enhancing drugs throughout his storied cycling career," the network said.

The interview, which airs at 9:30 p.m., is Armstrong's first since he was stripped of his titles last year, after the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency released a report alleging that he had used performance-enhancing drugs throughout his career. The sit-down took place in Armstrong's Austin, Texas home.

The episode will also stream simultaneously on Winfrey's website, Oprah.com.

In addition to being stripped of his titles and losing lucrative endorsement deals, Armstrong was compelled to step down as chairman of his charitable foundation Livestrong, which benefits cancer victims, in light of the scandal. (Armstrong is a survivor of testicular cancer.)

Top Gear will return for its 19th series at the end of January, it has been confirmed.

Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May will be back for another run of the factual entertainment series on Sunday, January 27 at 9pm on BBC Two, the official Top Gear magazine announced.

The show will open with a long-awaited Christmas special. Series 19 will follow immediately afterwards.

Features expected in the new series include a road trip across the US in the new SRT Viper, a Lexus LFA and an Aston Martin Vanquish, a race from Wembley to Milan to watch a football match, and James May rallying in a Bentley Continental GT, driven by ex-Mini WRC driver Kris Meeke.

There will also apparently be an Africa special where Clarkson, Hammond and May buy a station wagon and have to drive to the source of the Nile.

Last year, the presenters were reported to have signed up for at least three more series of the BBC car show.

Fox entertainment chief Kevin Reilly has a self-deprecating take on his network's fall season, saying it "limped" into the New Year. But he said he plans for the network to pick up more male viewers and "put a little more Fox back in Fox."

Later, he joked with a reporter that everyone makes mistakes: "Look at my fall," he said.

Reilly spoke at the Television Critics Association winter press tour on Tuesday, where he also said he expects Britney Spears to return as an "X Factor" judge and that his network's Tuesday night comedy block was a major source of frustration.

He said he remains confident in the quality of the Tuesday night shows, but that audiences may need time to find them. For that reason, he said, he will hold off on airing "The Goodwin Games," a sitcom in the Fox bullpen awaiting an airdate. He said the show may not debut until summer.

He also said he hopes the show's Tuesday night lineup can appeal to more men. The current lineup includes "Raising Hope," "Ben & Kate," "New Girl" and "The Mindy Project."

Reilly brought up his network's ratings troubles straight off, before critics had the chance. The network, which spent several seasons as the top-rated in the key 18-49 demographic, lost that honor to NBC this fall. Every broadcast network except for NBC lost ratings and viewers.

Fox's "X Factor" was down in the fall ratings despite the addition of Spears, who was supposed to inject drama and star power into the musical competition.

But as Reilly noted, the network's hopes look brighter in the new year. First, "American Idol" is returning. And Reilly has high hopes for the Kevin Bacon serial killer drama "The Following," debuting this month.

"The Following" is part of his network's attempt to capture some of the "intensity" of cable shows, he said. He praised AMC's "Breaking Bad" and "The Walking Dead," and said he bought an early script for the zombie drama when he was at NBC, though it later ended up on cable.

"The Walking Dead" was television's top drama this fall. Reilly said no network could air a show so graphic, but said he hoped to return to the says when viewers looked to Fox for edgy programming.

"Before there was cable, Fox was cable," he said.

He later told reporters: "The best of Fox makes noise. Some of that is being just a little bolder, a little louder."

He also praised "Wayward Pines," a limited-run series in development from M. Night Shyamalan he called "the closest thing to 'Twin Peaks' I've ever seen." He said Shyamalan has pitched several projects to Fox in the past, and that this one would be a high-quality production in the vein of HBO's films and miniseries.

He also answered a question about his feelings on NBC airing an episode of its hit singing show, "The Voice," opposite the premiere of "X Factor."

"It went in the file for later reference," he said, to laughter. "The score will be settled at some point. I don't know when. It's fine. That's their network, they're free to do what they want with it. But you know, slightly on the cheesy side? Yeah."

Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj say they're done feuding. Though they don't necessarily agree on the details of their feud.

"It was kind of one-sided," Carey said Tuesday.

"No, it wasn't," said Minaj.

The two appeared together at a Television Critics Association panel Tuesday, where several questions focused on their much-hyped supposed disagreement. We know: You may be skeptical of whether their feud is even real. Fox president of alternative entertainment Mike Darnell said Tuesday that it was.

Carey and Minaj found themselves on the spot when one clever reporter asked them to say something nice about each other. There was no denying at least a little awkwardness. (Really though, they got off easy: At an earlier TCA panel Tuesday, a reporter said she wished "The Following" stars Kevin Bacon and James Purfefoy kiss on the show. They happily acquiesced.)

Minaj was up first when it came time for compliments.

"That actually is easy. I say nice things about Mariah all the time. I even tell her all the time how much a fan I am of her. She's one of my favorite artists of all time. She's really shaped a generation of singers," Mijan said.

She added that it was kind of "crazy" to be on a panel with Carey, given that so many competitors on the show "aspire to be a Mariah Carey."

"And that was obviously a very sweet thing to say," Carey responded. "Um."

There was some nervous laughter from the assembled critics. Was Carey stalling?

"It was," Carey added, and then delayed her answer a bit more. "And please forgive me, everybody, because I have a little sinus infection that I got from the babies. ... We all hate, as a panel, when people make excuses. So I'm gonna do that."

"No, but, Nicki and I worked together very early on in her career and did a song from an album that I had done called 'Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel,'" Carey continued. "It's called 'Up Out My Face,' ironically. Actually it was one of my favorite videos and songs. And I did feel that she was going to go very far and still have that feeling and am grateful for anything nice that she or anyone were to say about me."

Carey also said it was "unfair" to the contestants to focus on judges' feuds. Added Minaj: "We're professionals. You ever have an argument with someone you worked with?"

Carey said in an interview with Barbara Walters that she beefed up her security in the fall after a spat with Minaj.

"It felt like an unsafe work environment," Carey said. "Anytime anybody's reeling threats at somebody, you know, it's not appropriate. I'm a professional. I'm not used to that type of environment."

Walters reported that Carey reportedly said Minaj said off-camera, "If I had a gun, I would shoot that bitch."

Minaj has taken to Twitter to mock the notion that she threatened to shoot Carey.

The "Idol" judges were arranged Tuesday so that the two women didn't sit side by side. Read into that what you will.

Returning judge Randy Jackson sat stage left, with Carey, then new judge Keith Urban, and then Minaj seated down the line.

At one point during the panel, as Carey and Minaj spoke over each other as they disagreed on whether their supposed dispute was one-sided, judge Randy Jackson called to Urban.

"Keith, how are you man?" he said, leaning past Carey. "What's going on?"

John McCririck has started legal action against Channel 4 over allegations that he was dropped from the broadcaster's racing coverage due to age.

McCririck was one of the channel's presenters to be axed when it switched production teams from Highflyer to IMG in 2012.

Derek Thompson, Mike Cattermole and Alastair Down were also dropped in the handover. Veteran form expert Jim McGrath has remained on the team, alongside new anchor Clare Balding.

McCririck spoke out about Channel 4's decision last October and is now suing the channel with the services of employment and sports law specialist solicitor Stephen Beverley, of the London West End Cavendish Legal Group.

In a statement, the TV star said: "Channel 4 and production company IMG Sports Media were yesterday each served a letter before action for age discrimination.

"After 29 years with Channel 4 Racing, on a rolling annual contract, I have been sacked without any consultation or cogent explanation. I am 72.

"For loss of future earnings, unfair career damaging, public humiliation, stress and mental anguish, I will be seeking £500,000.

"Ageism is illegal. For tens of thousands of employees it has become the feared scourge of our society.

"This litigation should prove to be a watershed. There's no upper limit to the amount of damages employment tribunals can award under the Equality Act 2010.

"I am seeking a further exemplary, punitive £2.5m, part of which will be donated to charitable organisations helping to prevent negative prejudice in the workplace."

McCririck is a divisive personality with a unique and boisterous presenting style, who famously appeared twice on Celebrity Big Brother when it was on Channel 4.

Speaking about the changes to the racing lineup last year, a Channel 4 rep said: "It hasn't been an easy process and there have been complications on the way but, with regards to the choice of the squad, we were conscious that the programme will have a very different feel.

"Behind Clare Balding as lead presenter and Nick Luck in a supporting role, we were looking for a more journalistic approach to the content."

From 2013, Channel 4 Racing will be the new home of horse racing on TV. It will broadcast 88 days of coverage a year and show nearly 300 hours of live action.

This includes a range of premium events, including the Cheltenham Festival, Aintree's three-day John Smith's Grand National meeting, the Investec Derby Festival from Epsom Downs, Royal Ascot and Glorious Goodwood.

The original series - which aired between 2004 and 2006 - starred Ben Miller as the unfortunate Howard Steel, a groom-to-be caught up in a string of humiliating situations.

Co-creators Mark Bussell told Radio 4's Front Row that he and fellow writer Justin Sbresni are developing a stage prequel to the sitcom, which also starred Sarah Alexander and Geoffrey Whitehead.

"There's some talk at the moment about doing a stage play, which would be the prequel of the television series, so we would see that moment when Howard meets his prospective father-in-law for the first time," the writer revealed. "We would love to do it on television again, but it might well be that the stage version happens first."

Miller also told Front Row that he would be "delighted" to reprise his role in a stage adaptation of Worst Week.

"I've been badgering them to do something like that for such a long time and I think, uniquely, The Worst Week of My Life would make a fantastic stage play," said the comic.

"It's set in the same place. It's farce; it's a great character farce, so I'm hopeful that they are writing as they say they are, and that I'll see something soon."

The series was previously remade for US audiences - Worst Week starring Kyle Bornheimer aired for a single season on CBS in 2008.

Fox has renewed "Bones" for a ninth season, the network announced Tuesday.

“After more than 150 episodes, 'Bones' continues to be one of television’s most dynamic and consistent dramas,” said Fox entertainment chairman Kevin Reilly. “We at Fox, along with millions of zealous fans, look forward to seeing where the incredible creative team takes the series next season.”

The show returns with a special two-hour winter premiere on Monday at 8 p.m.

The series, from Far Field Productions and Josephson Entertainment in association with 20th Century Fox Television, was created by Hart Hanson.

Laura Palmer is rolling over in her plastic wrap: Fox is developing "Wayward Pines," a "Twin Peaks"-like, ten-to-twelve episode series from M. Night Shyamalan, the network annonced Tuesday.

Fox is also developing another limited-run series called "Blood Brothers" from producers for "Band of Brothers," "The Glades," and "Touched."

Fox is calling both series "long-form event series," meaning they are longer than traditional miniseries but aren't planned as ongoing series. Fox will announce its first event series pilot pickups later this year, with plans to debut them in 2014.

“With top-notch auspices and feature-quality production plans, 'Wayward Pines' and 'Blood Brothers' represent exactly the kind of high-impact, 10- to 12-part events we set out to develop when we entered the limited series business,” said Kevin Reilly, chairman of entertainment for Fox. “These two series are the first of many big ideas, big names and big talent that you can anticipate will be on our air in the next 12-24 months.”

Based on the best-selling novel, “Pines,” by Blake Crouch, Pines is described by Fox as an "intense, mind-bending thriller evocative of the classic cult hit 'Twin Peaks.'" It finds Secret Service agent Ethan Burke arriving in bucolic Wayward Pines, Idado, in search of two missing federal agents. Would you believe he uncovers more mysteries along the way?

The project is based on a spec script written by Chad Hodge (“The Playboy Club”) and executive-produced by Shyamalan, Hodge, Donald De Line (“Green Lantern,” “The Italian Job”) and Ashwin Rajan (“After Earth”).

"Blood Brothers," meanwhile, is billed as the true story of the West Point Class of 1861. It follows comrades who find themselves on opposite of the Civil War. The project is written and executive produced by Bruce C. McKenna (“Band of Brothers,” “The Pacific”) and also executive produced by Gary Randall (“The Glades,” “Saving Grace”) and Timothy Scott Bogart (“Majors & Minors,” “Touched”). It comes from Boardwalk Entertainment Group and Fox Television Studios.